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Constitution Review: Afenifere Warns Against Indigenes Status Bill

04.04.2025

The pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation Afenifere yesterday cautioned the government against the Indigenes Status Bill “to avoid the possibility of aggravating ethnic tension and violence”. The Bill seeks to grant indigenous status and rights on anyone who has lived in a particular area for 10 years or on a woman who is married to an indigene...

Nigeria advances geospatial technology for smart city development

04.04.2025

Nigeria is making significant strides in geospatial technology, a crucial tool for building smart cities and modern infrastructure across the country. The Surveyor-General of the Federation, Abdulganiyu Adebomehin, said this at a one-day workshop on Thursday on the use cases for the very high-resolution drone imagery and street view data collected for part of the...

Non-Vaccination: 556,000 Bauchi Children At RIsk of polio –UNICEF warns

04.04.2025

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNI CEF) is unhappy that Bauchi State has 556,000 zero dose children, thereby putting their chances of survival at risk. The Chief of Field Office (CFO), Bauchi Field Of – fice of UNICEF, Dr Nuzhat Rafique while handing over 2.5m doses of polio vaccines to the state government preparatory to...

NECA to host 2025 job fair on digital skills

04.04.2025

The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association has announced the 2025 edition of its Annual Job & Employability Fair on digital skills. The summit themed ‘Future Ready: Harnessing Digital Skills for Career Success and Employability’ is set to take place on May 15 at NECA House in Lagos. According to a statement, the event will serve as...

Seven Tips On Best Family Drama Movies

04.04.2025

BROTHERSThe film tells the story of a recently-released prisoner of war and his attempts to adapt to his home life after his wife developed a close relationship with his brother. LIFE AS A HOUSEAfter being diagnosed with terminal cancer, an architect decides to rebuild his old house. He enlists his estranged son’s help in the...

FG seeks fresh $10.50m W’Bank loan

04.04.2025

Nigeria has approached the World Bank for a fresh $10.50m loan to enhance the Central Bank of Nigeria’s technical capacity and modernise the country’s domestic payment infrastructure. According to information exclusively obtained from the World Bank website on Thursday by The PUNCH, the proposed CBN Technical Assistance Facility seeks to support integrating innovative technologies and...

Plateau Govt Launches Jos-Lagos Flight Route, Advocates For Airport Upgrade

04.04.2025

The Plateau State Government has launched a new flight route between Jos and Lagos while advocating for the upgrade of Yakubu Gowon Airport, Heipang Jos to international status, which will further boost business activities in the state. Commissioner of Transport for Plateau State, Hon. Jatau Davou Gyang, stated this while speaking to Journalists in Jos...

Ogun Ministry Of Justice Warns Buyers Against Buying Government Land

04.04.2025

Ogun State Ministry of Justice has warned members of the public against the activities of land grabbers on government-acquired land in the Odogbolu Local Government area of the state. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Oluwasina Ogungbade ( SAN), in a statement on Thursday, stated that the Ministry of Justice had uncovered a ”...

Africa Energy Bank misses March take-off target

04.04.2025

The Africa Energy Bank failed to begin operations in March as promised by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri. In February, Lokpobiri said the building hosting the bank in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, was receiving finishing touches. “We are very proud that as part of our commitment to host the Africa...

Govt Must Punish Perpetrators Of Edo Killing, Other Parts Of Nigeria

04.04.2025

The President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Francis Wale Oke, has condemned the killings in Edo State and other parts of the country, saying all perpetrators of the killings must be punished. It would be recalled that 16 travellers were killed in Uromi, Edo State, by members of the Vigilante Group a...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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